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Knox County commissioners retain 2025 millage rate at 5.463
Summary
At a special call meeting Sept. 11, 2025, the Knox County Board of Commissioners closed the required public hearing on the 2025 millage rate and voted to keep the rate at 5.463 mills; no public speakers spoke at the hearing and the board cited recent state legislative changes and sales-tax revenue as context.
At a special-call meeting Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, the Knox County Board of Commissioners closed a required public hearing on the county’s 2025 millage rate and voted to maintain the current rate at 5.463 mills.
The hearing was the third of three required sessions on the 2025 millage; the board held earlier hearings Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. and Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. The presiding official told the room that no members of the public spoke during the hearing and that the board would wait until 10:15 a.m. to take the vote to comply with applicable procedures.
Board members discussed how recent changes at the state level — identified in the meeting as House Bill 581 — and local sales-tax revenue affect the county’s tax base and revenue mix. The presiding official said the county receives roughly one-third of property tax collections, with the remainder of local revenues coming from other sources such as sales tax; the official also referenced Dawson County as an example of a jurisdiction with a relatively low millage because of strong sales-tax receipts. The official noted an estimate discussed in staff materials of roughly $900,000 in aggregate change to the digest but said the overall increase was not large and exact figures were not specified during the meeting.
An unnamed commissioner moved to retain the millage at 5.463; Commissioner Bruce seconded the motion. The board president called for a vote after hearing no further discussion and the motion was approved. The transcript does not record a roll-call tally for the millage motion in the public record excerpt provided; the meeting had earlier recorded a 3-0 vote to approve the meeting agenda.
No public comments were recorded on the millage at this meeting. After the vote the board indicated there was no further business and adjourned.
Details from the meeting record: the board described this as the third of the statutorily required hearings on the 2025 millage, referenced House Bill 581 as having changed elements of the tax base, and emphasized the role of sales tax and visitor-driven retail receipts in offsetting property-tax pressure. Specific dollar impacts, including final estimated revenue changes tied to the approved 5.463 rate, were not specified in the provided transcript.
